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methman@pipeline.com wrote: > > Track: Freedom of Speech > Artist: Ice-T > Album: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech > Year: 1989 > > > Intro > ----- > > A-yo Ice, man. I'm working on this term paper for college. What's the > First Amendment? > > > Verse 1 > ------- > > Freedom of Speech, that's some motherfuckin' bullshit > You say the wrong thing, they'll lock your ass up quick > The FCC says "Profanity - No Airplay"? > They can suck my dick while I take a shit all day > Think I give a fuck about some silly bitch named Gore? > Yo PMRC, here we go, raw > Yo Tip, what's the matter? You ain't gettin' no dick? > You're bitchin' about rock'n'roll, that's censorship, dumb bitch > The Constitution says we all got a right to speak > Say what we want Tip, your argument is weak > Censor records, TV, school books too > And who decides what's right to hear? You? > Hey PMRC, you stupid fuckin' assholes > The sticker on the record is what makes 'em sell gold > Can't you see, you alcoholic idiots > The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get > > > Verse 2 > ------- > > [You have the right to remain silent] > Fuck that right! I want the right to talk > I want the right to speak, I want the right to walk > Where I wanna, yell and I'm gonna > Tell and rebel every time I'm on a > Microphone on the stage cold illin' > The knowledge I drop will be heard by millions > We ain't the problems, we ain't the villains > It's the suckers deprivin' the truth from our children > You can't hide the fact, Jack > There's violence in the streets every day, any fool can recognise that > But you try to lie and lie > And say America's some motherfuckin' apple pie > Yo, you gotta be high to believe that > You're gonna change the world by a sticker on a record sleeve > Cos once you take away my right to speak > Everybody in the world's up shit creek > > > Verse 3 > -------